Retard Retard
Of course the Airbus likes to say the title of this thread in the flare but it appears that the ECAM said it twice for this aircraft on the same day......
" an Air XXX A321-271NX was conducting flight from AAA to BBB. Approximately 15 minutes after takeoff, the flight crew received an ECAM message telling them to retard ENG number 2 thrust lever to IDLE. Thrust lever number 2 was put at idle, the crew declared a PAN PAN and the flight returned to departure airport and landed safely with no further incident."
3.5 hours later....
"an Air XXX A321-271NX was conducting flight XXX123 and took off from AAA
for a second time following an earlier occurrence , for BBB. Approximately
5 minutes after takeoff, the flight crew received another ECAM message telling them to retard ENG number 2 thrust lever to IDLE. Thrust lever number 2 was put
at idle, the crew declared a PAN PAN and the flight returned to departure airport and landed safely with no further incident. The aircraft was then grounded for maintenance."
Does the Airbus sometimes give an ECAM message to retard the thrust lever without further explanation or is it simply a matter of not all details making it to the reports?